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Former Congressman Mel Reynolds sits alongside Jesse Jackson Jr. (left) at a Sunday service in Salem Baptist Church, where Reynolds spoke to the congregation about the commutation of his prison sentence. Reynolds had been convicted in 1995 on charges of sexual misconduct with a 16-year-old...

Former Congressman Mel Reynolds sits alongside Jesse Jackson Jr. (left) at a Sunday service in Salem Baptist Church, where Reynolds spoke to the congregation about the commutation of his prison sentence. Reynolds had been convicted in 1995 on charges of sexual misconduct with a 16-year-old... (Nancy Stone, Chicago Tribune)

Former Congressman Mel Reynolds sits alongside Jesse Jackson Jr. (left) at a Sunday service in Salem Baptist Church, where Reynolds spoke to the congregation about the commutation of his prison sentence. Reynolds had been convicted in 1995 on charges of sexual misconduct with a 16-year-old...